OUR SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY. HE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES. HE HOSTED THE JERRY LEWIS M.D.A. LABOR DAY TELETHON. PHIL LIPOF WITH MORE ON CHET'S LASTING LEGACY WHEN IT CAME TO GIVING BACK. FOR THOSE AFFLICTED WITH THE DIORY TO FUND RAISING FOR IT, CHET'S BIG, KIND, WARM PERSONALITY WAS A PERFECT FIT. LIVE FROM BOSTON, THE JERRY LEWIS LABOR DAY TELETHON FOR M.D.A. WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE ON, HE WAS PROFESSIONAL. WHEN THE RED LIGHT WENT OFF HE WASN'T BOOKING IT OUST THERE. HE WAS HAVING GENUINE CONVERSATIONS. ONE WITH NICK JOHNSON, DIAGNOSED AT 19, NICK STARTED COMING TO THE TELETHONS EVERY YEAR AND REMEMBERS HOW SOME FAMILIES WERE STAR STRUCK IN THE CHANNEL 5 STUDIOS. CHET WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL AT HOME. AND WOULD COME AND GET THEM TO TELL THEIR STORY. SHE HAS A SMILE THAT IS BRIGHTER THAN ANY LIGHT IN THE STUDIO. WHEN SHE COMES IN HERE AND SMILES AT YOU, I TELL YOU, YOU WOULD JUST MELT. HER FATHER IS NOT A BAD GUY EITHER. THE STORIES RAISED AWARENESS AND MONEY. THE BOSTON TELETHON ROUTINELY RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP FUNDRAISERS FOR THE M.D.A. NATIONALLY. TOGETHER CHET AND NATALIE HOSTED ABOUT 25 OF THEM. RAISING AS MUCH AS $28 MILLION. CHET AND NAT WERE TO THE LOCAL TELETHON HERE IN BOSTON. CONTINUED GOOD LUCK WITH THE RESEARCH AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY WE CAN STAND HERE AND SAY IT IS ALL DONE. THE WORLD IS TRULY A BETTER PLACE FOR CHET BEING IN IT. PERIOD. INDEED. NICK ALSO TOLD US CHET NEVER FORGOT HIS WIFE'S NAME AND THAT ALWAYS MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM. ON A QUICK PERSONAL NOTE, I MET CHET HERE ON WCVB ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. I WAS AN INTERN AND HE WAS A LEGEND. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE INTEREST INTO MY LIFE ORCA REAR BUT HE DID. HE PUSHED ME TO GET MY FIRST JOBS AND OVER THE YEARS FOLLOWED